haines



D. HAINES Y HOMINY MAGHINE. No.. 32,516. 'Patented June-11, 1861.

0 0 0 0 0 0 .u 00 n. 0 0 u 0 0 0 .u o D impurities.

` NIrEnsrAT-as DAVID Haines; or UvioN BRIDGE, MARYIJAND Hoiviintr-iviAoHiNn.`

e `ltpecication` of LetterSCPatent No. 32,516, `dated:June 1l, 186.1.

`To allwhom time?! concern: e

`Union Bridge, in the county of Carroll and State of` Marylandyhave inventeda `new and Improved"HoininyMachine;` and Ido hereby declare that:` the following is afull,

clear, and exact*descriptionthereof5 reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga partfof this specification, in

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through Athe improved machine,` taken inthe vertical planeindicatedfbyjred line m5 inFig. 2.x

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through Fig. `1 in the vertical plane indicated `by the red liney7 y, therein. Fig. 3 isa perspective View of one of the beating teeth used in Figs.,

Similar letters of reference indicate cor` responding parts in the three figures. y Thisinvention relates to certain novel 1mprovements in machinesfor` making hominy and cleaning the sameof its bran and other The nature ofmy invention consists in the arrangement offia vibrating stirrer within t the hopper for `keeping upa regular feed,`

said stirrer being combined with, and oper-t. ated by, the crankshaft, which gives the substantial manner lto contain and support` the mechanism `for. cracking .i the corn and screeningthe hominy.

. B. is a cylinder of a suitable diameter and length `which is made of sheet` metal filled with small perforations, the ends of which cylinder have heads a, a, in them to prevent the corn from escaping at these points. This cylinder B. has its `axial bearings on a shaft C. which passes through the cylinder and hasits end bearings on transverse bars Z), b', ofthe frame A. That portionof shaft C. which is between the heads a, ci', is greatly enlarged and a nuinberof long teeth c, c, c, c, are securedto it, which radiate fromits center and project from its surface so as not to quite touch `the inner surface` of cylinder B. These teeth c, c, each, consist of a thick blade tapering toward its outer end, one edge of each tooth is serrated `as represented in Fig.

one end of shaft C. apinionwspur wheel d,

PATENT OFFICE: y L

3 of the drawings, and a double set of saw=` shaped teeth areformed. The sides `of the teeth 0, have sharp burs formed `on `them by punching up tliemetal witha 1chisel. On

`is keyed and on the extreme end of this shaft: 1` i C. a cone pulley c, is securedf The opposite` *end of shaft C. passes through a large hole f,` through head if of cylinder B. through which opening (f5) the corn is passed `into thefcylinder from `a hopper shown clearly inFig. l, of thedrawings. This hopf' per has a sliding gate g1, init forregulating the size of the `opening through which the cornescapes `from the hopper;`

This rod is pivoted to thehorizontalboard A. at h, and it receives a horizontal vibrating motion from the crankshaft G. through connecting rods z', and j, and vibrating` arm le, shown 1n Fig. l. `This vibrating motion of rod E. keeps thethroat of the hopperl open,and prevents'the cornfrom clogging it up.

Bris a rod having itsend which isinthel hopper D. turned` up, -as shown in Fig. l.

The pinion spur wheel d, engages with a e corresponding wheel cl, which has its bear-` ings in a transverse bar` Z, and the pinion d t `engages'with the inside gearing n`,which 1s secured `to theenda, of cylinder 1B. as

shown in Fig. `l, andwhich is concentric with` the axis of cylinder B. The shaft C. will thus transmit a rotary motion to the cylinder B. `through the wheels d, CZ', and

the annular spurred gearing n, and the" cylinder B. will `be rotated in an oppositeqdi.` rection to shaft G. but not as rapidly as this shaft'.` The shaft C. receives its rotary moi tion from crank shaft G. through the medium of belt 29,. and the crank shaft `may receive its motion from any convenient prime i mover. This crank shaft G. is arrangedin a horizontal position along one `side of the machine and under the lower edge of in-` clined screen H. andin the middle of shaft G. a bell crank is formed on it which gives a vibrating motion to screen or riddle H.

through a connecting rod I. Fig..2, whichis pivoted at one end to the `crankon shaft G, and at the other end to the back part of screen H. Screen H. is hung by the pivoted `straps z", z",1z",z", from bracket pieces r, r,

under the cylinder IB. `so as to catch` all the cracked corn or hoininy falling fromcyl` inder B.

l The two longitudinal curved boards J. vJ.

which eXtend along on each side of and underthe cylinder B. conductthe cracked corn liyi'ng from this cylinder down, and on the screen H.; and over the cylinder B. a close box L. is arranged which also prevents .the hominy from escaping from the-top of the machine. rI`hus all the hominy which escapes from cylinder B. will be deposited on the screen H. below the cylinder beforel it escapes from the machine.

The operation of the entire machine is as follows: lNIotion is given to crank shaft G. which communicates motion to the shaft C. through belt p, and shaft C. transmits motion to cylinder B. through spur gearing d, al, and n. The vibrating stirring arm E. also receives its motion from shaft G. through the arm and connecting rods as before described. The machine being put in operation the corn, which has been soaked 'in water to soften it, is put into the hopper D. and from this hopper it flows steadily into the cylinder B. through the hole f, in the cylinder head a, shown in Fig. l of the drawings. Immediately the corn passes into the cylinder B. it .is rapidly beaten and rubbed by the serrated teeth c, which not only crack the grains but rub off the shells which inclose them, and this cracking and rubbing operation goes on until the particles are reduced to the desired degree of fineness, when they will pass through the perforations in cylinder B. and fall on riddle H. leaving a great proportion of the bran or hulls in the cylinder B. to be removed when the machine is stopped. The Y riddle H. screens all the line particles from the coarser leaving the pure hominy to pass over this riddle into a proper receptacle to receive it.

Having 'thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The hopper D, arranged as set forth, the vibrating stirrer E, connecting rods z', j, arm 7c, and crank shaft Gr, all arranged and operating as and for thev purposes herein described. Y

i DAVID I-IAINES.

Vitnesses: n

MARTIN E. SAYLOR, GEORGE W. STERN. 

